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If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#atheist #god #noremorse #atheist

Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a good first step would be to build up a critical mass of those willing to 'come out,' thereby encouraging others to do so. Even if they can't be herded, cats in sufficient numbers can make a lot of noise and they cannot be ignored. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#cats #coming-out #organization #atheist

You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway. ↗

— Ricky Gervais

#atheism #be-nice #hell #why-i-m-an-atheist #atheist

You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don’t know”. ↗

— Penn Jillette

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The depressed person is a radical, sullen atheist. ↗

— Julia Kristeva

#depression #melancholia #atheist

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately. ↗

— Scott Adams

#terrorism #truth #wisdom #atheist

There is, we are aware, a philosophy that denies the infinite. There is also a philosophy, classified as pathologic, that denies the sun; this philosophy is called blindness. To set up a theory that lacks a source of truth is an excellent example of blind assurance. And the odd part of it is the haughty air of superiority and compassion assumed toward the philosophy that sees God, by this philosophy that has to grope its way. It makes one think of a mole exclaiming, "How I pity them with their sun!" There are, we know, illustrious and powerful atheists; with them, the matter is nothing but a question of definitions, and at all events, even if they do not believe in God, they prove God, because they are great minds. We hail, in them, the philosophers, while, at the same time, inexorably disputing their philosophy. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#commit #crimes #matter #ministers #people

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#authority #automatically #beliefs #children #evidence

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed. ↗

— Andy Dick

#both #christians #groups #heavy-handed #little